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.TH PTX "1" "October 2021" "GNU coreutils 8.32" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ptx \- produce a permuted index of file contents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ptx
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,INPUT\/\fR]...   \fI\,(without -G)\/\fR
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.B ptx
\fI\,-G \/\fR[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,INPUT \/\fR[\fI\,OUTPUT\/\fR]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Output a permuted index, including context, of the words in the input files.
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-auto\-reference\fR
output automatically generated references
.TP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-traditional\fR
behave more like System V 'ptx'
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-flag\-truncation\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
use STRING for flagging line truncations.
The default is '/'
.TP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-macro\-name\fR=\fI\,STRING\/\fR
macro name to use instead of 'xx'
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR=\fI\,roff\/\fR
generate output as roff directives
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-right\-side\-refs\fR
put references at right, not counted in \fB\-w\fR
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-sentence\-regexp\fR=\fI\,REGEXP\/\fR
for end of lines or end of sentences
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR=\fI\,tex\/\fR
generate output as TeX directives
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-word\-regexp\fR=\fI\,REGEXP\/\fR
use REGEXP to match each keyword
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-break\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
word break characters in this FILE
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
fold lower case to upper case for sorting
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-gap\-size\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
gap size in columns between output fields
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
read ignore word list from FILE
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-only\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
read only word list from this FILE
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-references\fR
first field of each line is a reference
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-typeset\-mode\fR               \- not implemented \-
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
output width in columns, reference excluded
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by F. Pinard.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ptx>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) ptx invocation\(aq